Linux is gaining more and more popularity everyday. Right now Windows in the grand scheme of software is well supported legacy software. Its simply out of date. Unix, Linux, and BSD have always been lighter, and more stable. Unless you’re a gamer, there is little reason to switch. BUT if you are a gamer that can switch, you might show the game developers Linux is a platform worthy of having games ported to.
The reason I say Windows is a “legacy” OS is simple: Its updated rarely, unstable, confusing, slow, insecure, large, poorly optimized, and closed ended. Linux on the other hand, has been re-worked, re-though, and re-optimized by hundreds if not thousands of developers over its life. Its been optimized to the point it will run on a cell phone, or even a watch! Windows Mobile requires a rather robust phone, when Linux can run on a 49Mhz ARM cpu found in most calculators.
Now for the show down — the reasons Linux is better.
File Compatibility:
No time after you load Linux you can load PDFs, RAW images from your camera, Illustrator files, Photoshop files, Word Documents, Exel Spreadsheets, the list really goes on forever.
Greater Flexibility:
Want to run World of Warcraft, Ventrillo and/or TeamSpeak, and your guild’s forum amd website? No problem! You could run it all off one machine! FREE!
Lower Cost:
Windows costs over $100. End of story. It really makes no sense to install Windows for a workstation PC. Most everything is compatable, and you’re just feeding a big, old, crotchity, money hungry, beast when you pay Microsoft for their dinosaur of an operating system.
All together you’re making a much better choice with Linux. You get all the great looks as Vista, with the the stability of MacOS, and the freedom to do whatever you’d like with your OS.
